i think the best way is to find a personal guide that can drive a car and show you around

*everybody has different interests,but most of tourists comes with tourism agencies and they are only shown the most known places ,and the aim in this is to make u feel satisfied(bcos u paid them) even though u saw nowhere...

if u wana see the buildings and beaches its good way...but if you are curious about the turkish culture i think the best way is to stay with a family for a while and see the rural places(villages,small towns)

there are agencies who has personal guides but it must be expensive...(if you are student in turkiye,there are companies who finds you families in europa and with less money u can learn enough about a culture and country)..but its hard if u dunno anybody in turkiye...and also the communication problem...


so i was gonna ask,is there any companies who finds families who accept a foreign visitors?or who gives you personal guide (but for less money than the regular ones)

is there anybody who experienced such kind of thing?or would you like to discover the real turkiye with that way?

thanks

i meant would you like to have a real discover if u had chance? ehh sorry it was little bit complicated

Why not travel by yourself? I did. It is fun and not dangerous.

i ll check ur experiences trudy..thanks ..is there anybody else?

Ramayan, I also posted a few shorter topics about the east (three e's, dogubayazit, mardin/hasankeyf/urfa and off the beaten track), maybe there is some information you can use.

Do you know anyone who knows Dutch? Because I have a long diary about my trip in Dutch. It is 64 pages and too much to translate... sorry.

I went to Turkey alone this year too. I spent wonderful 19 days in Istanbul, Ankara, Bursa and Izmir. I think the best option for those who travel is to have friends in Turkey. At least, that was my way. Had I gone with a group I wouldn't have experienced the joys of being the only foreigner on the bus, being driven around by a great friend in Bursa (although it almost cost me a heart attack ), doing what I want when I want and visiting real Turkish houses. Also travelling alone you can test your knowledge of language - you can't imagine how proud I was to get to the Izmir bus station and explaining everything in turkish to the bus service!

Daydreamer, it is fun isn't it to be the only foreigner? Especially in places where they are not so used to them. By the way, if you do not have friends at the start of your journey, that's no problem. Maybe one will have them at the end!

You bet it is! I had a great time trying to communicate with co-travellers As for making new friends - it is unavoidable in Turkey, they are so friendly!